Alone - Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : Defeat Into Victory

Author(s): Michael Korda

SECONDHAND BOOKS | MILITARY HISTORY

Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War II and the great events that led to Dunkirk. In an absorbing work peopled with world leaders, generals, and ordinary citizens who fought on both sides of World War II, Alone brings to resounding life perhaps the most critical year of twentieth-century history. For, indeed, May 1940 was a month like no other, as the German war machine blazed into France while the supposedly impregnable Maginot Line crumbled, and Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister in an astonishing political drama as Britain, isolated and alone, faced a triumphant Nazi Germany. Against this vast historical canvas, Michael Korda relates what happened and why, and also tells his own story, that of a six-year-old boy in a glamorous movie family who would himself be evacuated. Alone is a work that seamlessly weaves a family memoir into an unforgettable account of a political and military disaster redeemed by the evacuation of more than 300,000 men in four daysà surely one of the most heroic episodes of the war.12 maps; 68 illustrations

2017. First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine, unclipped d/w that is now in a protective cover.

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Michael Korda is the best-selling author of Hero, Clouds of Glory, and Charmed Lives. Born into a famous movie dynasty, he is a former editor-in-chief of Simon and Schuster, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for his participation in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and makes his home in Dutchess County, New York.

General Fields

  • : 9781631491320
  • : Liveright Publishing Corporation
  • : Liveright Publishing Corporation
  • : 2.06
  • : July 2017
  • : 235mm X 155mm
  • : United States
  • : October 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : 12 maps; 68 illustrations
  • : 544
  • : 2017017244
  • : 940.54/21428
  • : English
  • : 1117
  • : Hardback
  • : Michael Korda